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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00749
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00749
Petitioner: Dawn Peer
Filed: 2025-04-30
Decided: 2025-11-14
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2022-09-27
Condition: right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On April 30, 2025, Dawn Peer filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on September 27, 2022 caused a right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. She alleged that the vaccine was given in the United States, that the injury lasted more than six months, and that no other action or compensation had been received for the injury.

Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report. The concession stated that Ms. Peer had no prior right-shoulder pain, inflammation, or dysfunction; that pain occurred within forty-eight hours after an intramuscular vaccination; that pain and decreased range of motion were limited to the vaccinated shoulder; and that no other condition had been identified to explain the shoulder pain. Respondent also agreed that the residual effects lasted more than six months and that the legal prerequisites were met.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found Ms. Peer entitled to compensation on November 14, 2025. Damages remain pending. Ms. Peer was represented by LeeAnne Pedrick of Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine September 27, 2022; right Table SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, damages pending. Respondent conceded no prior right-shoulder dysfunction, pain within 48 hours, pain/decreased ROM limited to vaccinated shoulder, no other explanatory condition, six-month severity, and legal prerequisites. SM Corcoran November 14, 2025. Petition filed April 30, 2025. Attorney: LeeAnne Pedrick.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00749-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-16
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 11/14/2025) regarding 19 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00749-UNJ Document 21 Filed 12/16/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0749V
DAWN PEER, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: November 14, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
LeeAnne Pedrick, Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.
Benjamin Patrick Warder, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On April 30, 2025, Dawn Peer filed a petition for compensation under the National
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the “Vaccine
Act”). Petitioner alleges that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) resulting from an influenza vaccine received on September 27,
2022. Petition at 1-8. Petitioner further alleges that the vaccine was administered in the
United States, she suffered injuries lasting more than six months, and neither Petitioner,
nor any other party, has ever brought an action or received compensation for Petitioner’s
vaccine-related injuries. Petition at ¶¶ 1, 24, 26, 27. The case was assigned to the Special
Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
1 Because this Ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action taken in this case, it must be made
publicly accessible and will be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, and/or
at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscourts/national/cofc, in accordance with the E-Government
Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2018) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government
Services). This means the Ruling will be available to anyone with access to the internet. In accordance
with Vaccine Rule 18(b), Petitioner has 14 days to identify and move to redact medical or other information,
the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, I agree that
the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755. Hereinafter, for ease
of citation, all section references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C.
§ 300aa (2018).

Case 1:25-vv-00749-UNJ Document 21 Filed 12/16/25 Page 2 of 2
On November 10, 2025, Respondent filed his Rule 4(c) report in which he
concedes that Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Respondent’s Rule 4(c)
Report at 1. Specifically, Respondent agrees that Petitioner’s alleged injury is consistent
with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table in that “petitioner had no history of
pain, inflammation, or dysfunction in her right shoulder prior to vaccination; pain occurred
within forty-eight hours after receipt of an intramuscular vaccination; pain and decreased
ROM were limited to the shoulder in which the vaccination was administered; and no
other condition or abnormality has been identified to explain petitioner’s shoulder pain.”
Id. at 5. Respondent further agrees that the records demonstrate that Petitioner suffered
residual effects of her condition for more than six months and has satisfied all legal
prerequisites for compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id.
In view of Respondent’s position and the evidence of record, I find that
Petitioner is entitled to compensation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
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